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"Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote:

Harold, please inform me about exactly which jobs are providing
that elusive "unearned money." I've been searching for those
for years. All the stories I hear along these lines seem to indicate
that shortly after the trainee thinks he has one, he gets fired
out the door.

Jim

Not referring to just machinists, Jim. Workpeople in general. Do you
feel a kid in high school, lacking skills of any kind, is worth over $7 hr
to serve burgers? I don't.

Do you think a UPS driver is worth $28 hr? I don't.

These, amongst many others, are the people that are making it more expensive
for all of us to live. They generally have no credentials that make them
worth their pay-----and can easily be replaced with anyone off the street.

You want more pay----get an education, so you have something to sell.
You don't want to go to school, or maybe you can't? Then learn a trade and
get good at it. Make yourself into something that can't be replaced by
anyone off the street. Only then are you worth more than minimum wage,
which, in this state (Washington) is totally unreasonably high.

Harold

This reminds me of an article I read about Walmart vs. Costco.
Walmart pays low wages. Period. As a result employees have low loyalty
and a high turnover rate and Walmart spends a ton of money replacing
them. OTOH, Costco will give their employees raises over time, so thier
turnover rate is far lower. In the end it works out about even and per
employee both spend roughly the same amount--just in different areas.
But Walmart gets stuck with a bunch of rookies all the time.
Could be that UPS has chosen the Costco model with their drivers.
The drivers certainly have some valuable skills, such as knowledge of
the area's roads, which would take time to replace. Beyond that, IIRC
UPS drivers are hired internally, so an employee that becomes a driver
has already demonstrated the ability to show up to work reliably.

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